Dec. 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1
Lake City seniors Tony Russo and Christina Jordan both had perfect scores in math, but Jordan aced the verbal part of her SAT as well. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

Dec. 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1
The Lincoln Street bridge project will move ahead, but only after Spokane city officials prove to the City Council it’s affordable. City Council members told City Manager Bill Pupo they …

Dec. 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1
Hagadone Corp. won’t try to close a stretch of Sanders Beach to the public after all. “The company has changed their position,” state Department of Lands official Bryce Taylor said …

Dec. 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1
Kootenai County Property Owners Association members are willing to break their piggy banks and support the Post Falls school bond for the first time. But their support is conditional, they …

Dec. 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2
In 1608: English poet John Milton was born in London. In 1854: Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” was published in England. In 1907: Christmas seals …

Dec. 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2
Ten years ago: On the second day of their White House summit, President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev grappled with differences over Afghanistan and cutbacks in long-range nuclear …

Dec. 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3
Kathy Rogers of Montoursville, Pa., who lost a daughter in the crash, reacts to the conclusion of a video of a computerized re-enactment of the plane’s final moments. Photo by …

Dec. 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3
The remains of M. Larry Lawrence will be removed from Arlington National Cemetery, the White House confirmed Monday, amid a rising outcry over evidence that the late ambassador and friend …

Dec. 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4
China’s foremost dissident met with President Clinton on Monday, three weeks after his release from prison, and cautioned the president not to expect the Beijing government to keep its promises. …

Dec. 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A5
A federal judge Monday rejected an author’s request to halt the release of the Steven Spielberg movie, “Amistad,” in New York and Los Angeles on Wednesday. But in making the …

Dec. 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6
Workers trapped in a burning office tower of Indonesia’s central bank yelled for help and waved red cloths Monday as flames gutted the building’s top three floors, killing at least …

Dec. 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6
He walked slowly, didn’t kneel and his voice was weak, but Pope John Paul II kept his traditional pre-Christmas appointment with Romans on Monday. More than 15,000 people crowded the …

Dec. 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6
Police have detained dozens of people, including eight Iranians, in the killing of four American oil workers in this southern port city, authorities said Monday. Four of the eight Iranians …

Dec. 9, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A6
The Mexican government is proposing reforms to court and criminal procedures, a week after thousands of Mexicans marched to demand better policing. Attorney General Jorge Madrazo Cuellar said Sunday the …